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Bill	SCHOOL CD-FOOD ALLERGIES MGMT	Amends the School Code to require that the State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, develop and make available to each school board guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Recommends that each school board be required to implement a policy based on these guidelines no later than January 1, 2011. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 281	Illinois HB 281 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	52	2	2009-01-21	2009-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/2810a360-fcb1-4038-b894-c35e16f17056	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=281&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40427&SessionID=76&GA=96	d094da6987d65371105d3378c5b5f40bce00695e864e68ce80c65073cea95804	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 281 (96th) — SCHOOL CD-FOOD ALLERGIES MGMT

Amends the School Code to require that the State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, develop and make available to each school board guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Recommends that each school board be required to implement a policy based on these guidelines no later than January 1, 2011. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 115–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Heather Steans — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2009-01-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2009-01-21 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
• 2009-01-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2009-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2009-02-10 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2009-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2009-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2009-02-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
• 2009-02-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2009-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
• 2009-02-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-02-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-02-19 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2009-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2009-02-26 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock amendment-introduction
• 2009-02-26 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2009-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2009-03-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-18 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2009-03-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2009-04-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Education; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-04-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
• 2009-05-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
• 2009-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2009
• 2009-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0349 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2810a360-fcb1-4038-b894-c35e16f17056. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).